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(43) Date of publication: 29.11.2023 Bulletin 2023/48 (21) Application number: 22704058.1 (22) Date of filing: 19.01.2022

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61M 25/00(2006.01) A61N 1/375(2006.01) A61N 1/05(2006.01) A61B 90/00(2016.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61N 1/05; A61N 1/375; A61B 90/39; A61B 2090/3925; A61B 2090/3966; A61M 25/0108 (86) International application number: PCT/US2022/012966 (87) International publication number: WO 2022/159482 (28.07.2022 Gazette 2022/30)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 20.01.2021 US 202163139661 P 20.01.2021 US 202163139662 P (71) Applicant: Medtronic, Inc. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US)

(72) Inventors: RASSAT, Jay T. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US) BHATIA, Varun A. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US) EMFIELD, Kendall Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US) LAHM, Ryan Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US) CHENG, Alan Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US) HINE, Douglas S. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US) JOHNSON, Kristin M. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US) NESSETH, Gregory N. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US) BAXTER, Jonathan E. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US) CELOTTA, Daniel W. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US) HOWARD, Stephen A. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US) GRENZ, Nathan A. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US) COLIN, Brian P. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US) DRAKE, Ronald A. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US) MENG, Juan Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US) LU, Hongyang Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 (US) (74) Representative: Zimmermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB  Postfach 330 920 80069 München 80069 München (DE)